NetApp ONTAP Select
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Plans and prices
From NetApp ONTAP Select's own pricing page, checked 5 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Capacity Pool — Standard, Premium, or Premium XL | Priced on request | Production license required · capacity sold per shared pool · minimum 2 TB · term-based capacity requiring renewal |
| Capacity Tier — Standard, Premium, or Premium XL | Priced on request | Production license required · capacity sold per node · minimum 1 TB · perpetual capacity |
The facts
Each one read from NetApp ONTAP Select's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Cluster sizing
- Clusters can contain 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, or 12 nodes, with up to 400 TB raw capacity per node.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Compliance limitation
- SnapLock Select includes SnapLock Enterprise, but SnapLock Compliance is not supported for ONTAP Select.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Data protection
- Included ONTAP capabilities include Snapshot copies, SnapMirror, SnapRestore, SnapVault, and Storage VM disaster recovery.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Downloads and support
- Downloading the Deploy utility requires a registered NetApp Support Site account, and NetApp directs users to contact Technical Support for recovery of a lost node.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Efficiency
- Deduplication and compression are supported and licensed by default.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Encryption
- NetApp Volume Encryption is supported in non-restricted countries; the product documentation says hardware-specific ONTAP features are generally unsupported.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Hypervisors
- ONTAP Select can run on VMware ESXi or KVM on supported commodity hardware.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Management and integrations
- ONTAP Select uses a separate Linux virtual machine running the Deploy administration utility, and the license page lists Active IQ Unified Manager and optional SnapCenter as management software.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Other licensing limits
- FabricPool, MetroCluster SDS, and SnapMirror Cloud require separate licenses.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Product
- ONTAP Select is a software-only version of ONTAP deployed as virtual machines on hypervisor hosts.checked 5 Oct 2026
- REST API
- NetApp provides documentation for using the ONTAP Select REST API.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Storage protocols
- Supported host protocols include NFS, SMB/CIFS, iSCSI, and NVMe over TCP.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Use cases
- NetApp positions it for remote and branch offices, edge environments, mobile data centers, and tactical deployments.checked 5 Oct 2026
The company
- Founded
- 1992checked 28 Sep 2026
- Headquarters
- San Jose, California, United Stateschecked 28 Sep 2026
Money
- Trial
- An evaluation license is included with Deploy, lasts up to 90 days, and is restricted to evaluation use rather than production.checked 5 Oct 2026
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